Swimming Flashcards
In recreation and sports, it is an involvement of the coordination of arm and leg motions to propel your body through water.
SWIMMING
Those motions demand a lot of effort to overcome water’s _____________________. Therefore, it is really a need to _________________________ when you swim.
natural resistance; strengthen your muscles
In recreation and sports, Swimming is an involvement of the coordination of ___________________ to propel your body through water.
arm and leg motions
The first organized swimming occurs in Ancient Egypt
2500 BC
the Ancient Greeks use swimming pools for bathing and exercise
800 BC
The Ancient Romans use swimming pools and bathhouses for communal recreation
100 BC
Swimming competitions begin to be held in Britain
1830s
The National Swimming Society is formed in Britain
1837
Australia holds its first championships
1846
Invention of the front crawl by John Trudgen
1873
The Amateur Athletic Union is founded in the United States of America
1888
The first modern Olympics occurs, with swimming as an included discipline
1896
The backstroke is added as an event in the Olympics
1900
The Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur (FINA) is founded
1908
Women’s swimming events are added to the Olympics
1912
Swimming becomes an official NCAA sport
1924
The butterfly stroke is first introduced to the Olympics
1956
Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW) sanctions women’s swimming
1970
Goggle begin to be used for Olympic swimming competitions
1976
Women’s swimming becomes an official NCAA sport
1981
Michael Phelps wins eight Olympic gold medals in swimming over the course of a single Olympic Games, a record-setting achievement
2008
In this event, a swimmer performs four strokes in the order- butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. A swimmer starts with butterfly stroke and completes the race ending with freestyle with each stroke performed according to its rules and especially the turn rules.
INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
In Individual Medley, a swimmer performs _________ strokes in the order- _________________________________________. A swimmer starts with _____________________ and completes the race ending with ______________ with each stroke performed according to its rules and especially the turn rules.
four; butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle; butterfly stroke; freestyle
The relay is also performed in two ways-
the Freestyle relay and the Medley relay.
four swimmers participate as a team and each swimmer cover one-fourth of the total distance according to the freestyle rules.
freestyle relays
In freestyle relays, ___________ swimmers participate as a team and each swimmer cover _____________ of the total distance according to the freestyle rules.
four; one-fourth
the first one follows backstroke, the second one breaststroke, the third one butterfly and the fourth one ends the race following the freestyle stroke.
medley relay
In a medley relay, the first one follows ______________, the second one _______________, the third one _____________ and the fourth one ends the race following the _____________ stroke.
backstroke; breaststroke; butterfly; freestyle
